Places rescuepets Wants to Go

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.